Frol

Frol Municipality
Frol herred
Levanger herred  (historic name)
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Nord-Trøndelag within Norway
Frol within Nord-Trøndelag
Frol within Nord-Trøndelag
Coordinates: 63°41′08″N 11°29′15″E / 63.68556°N 11.48750°E / 63.68556; 11.48750
CountryNorway
CountyNord-Trøndelag
DistrictInnherred
Established1856
 • Preceded byLevanger Municipality
Disestablished1 Jan 1962
 • Succeeded byLevanger Municipality
Area
 (upon dissolution)
 • Total140 km2 (50 sq mi)
Population
 (1962)
 • Total3,774
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
DemonymFroling[1]
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 codeNO-1720[2]

Frol is a former municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. The 140-square-kilometre (54 sq mi) municipality existed from 1856 until its dissolution in 1962. The municipality was first known as Levanger landsogn and then in 1911 the name was changed to Frol. The municipality included all the area surrounding the town of Levanger in what is now the municipality of Levanger in Trøndelag county.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Navn på steder og personer: Innbyggjarnamn" (in Norwegian). Språkrådet.
  2. ^ Bolstad, Erik; Thorsnæs, Geir, eds. (26 January 2023). "Kommunenummer". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (28 March 2018). "Levanger landdistrikt". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. ^ Thorsnæs, Geir, ed. (18 March 2018). "Frol". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 30 March 2018.